The true despisers of the world are the people who accept what God sends them, gratefully use all things when they have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“One thing, and one alone, is necessary for life, justification, and Christian liberty; and that is the most holy word of God,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Each one should become as it were a Christ to the other that we may be Christs to one another and Christ… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When the gospel flourishes in the church, everything flourishes with it. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“ON GETTING DRUNK: "Those who are Christians are to see to it that they are grateful for grace and redemption and conduct… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us because we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It is a doctrine of satan that men are no longer terrified by the law and have replaced it with a gospel… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We believe that the very beginning and end of salvation, and the sum of Christianity, consists of faith in Christ, who by… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When we are inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we are but Gentiles, while the Jews… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God will not let any violence go unpunished, but He Himself will take vengeance on our enemies and will send home to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Someone asked Luther, "Do you feel that you've been forgiven?" He answered, "No, but I'm as sure As there's a God in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image